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Saturday, November 9, 2019

Otis Taylor: My Soul's in Louisiana

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It always bothers me to see people writing 'RIP' when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. To me, 'RIP' is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors.Lou Reed

My mind never left 20, because once it does, that's when you start to die. Dick Dale

Never wear your necktie when you are operating a lathe. John Prine

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain

You can't plan for the future because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything. Paul Kantner

The virus is here. We’re going to have to face it, but face it like a fucking man. We’re all going to die one day. Jair Bolsonaro

Short stories by Robert Sommers

Last of the Hollywood swingers
A cup of joe
A handshake and a pastrami sandwich
Sunday at the Blog delicatessen
Lord of the Western Marches
Burning embers
a matter of timing
Birdwatching
All hallows even
Family Phantom
Untold Treasures
Fight night at Mt. Olympus
Plastic fantastic lover

Good sad songs for tough times

Dimming of the day
Autumn Leaves
Angel from Montgomery
Nightbird
all fall down
Matty Groves
Diamonds and rust
Early morning rain
For the good times
Seven Curses
funny how time slips away
Hello in there
Nothin
Sam Stone
See that my grave is kept clean
Speed of the sound of loneliness
Tomorrow is a long time
Who knows where the time goes?

Flashback

Roadcrossed Chapter II

(Note: The characters and events depicted in this story are ... fictional) The trip up north started out pretty uneventfully. The old plymo...

of note

GOP war on expertise
The not so great society
stalled intel report warned of global pandemic
March towards authoritarianism
Trump throws shade on wild horses
End of democracy?
dirty water
hipster conformity
America is not the cleanest it has ever been
Millennials kill American cheese

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